...as Man Under Pressure Tends

In War Everything Is Simple, But It's The Simple Things That Are Difficult.

Savage Peoples Are Ruled By Passion, Civilized Peoples By The Mind. The Difference Lies Not In The Respective Natures Of Savagery And Civilization, But In Their Attendant Circumstances, Institutions, And So Forth. The Difference, Therefore, Does Not Operate In Every Sense, But It Does In Most Of Them. Even The Most Civilized Peoples, In Short, Can Be Fired With Passionate Hatred For Each Other.

Kind-hearted People Might Of Course Think There Was Some Ingenious Way To Disarm Or Defeat An Enemy Without Too Much Bloodshed, And Might Imagine This Is The True Goal Of The Art Of War. Pleasant As It Sounds; It Is A Fallacy That Must Be Exposed: War Is Such A Dangerous Business That The Mistakes Which Come From Kindness Are The Very Worst.

Men Are Always More Inclined To Pitch Their Estimate Of The Enemy's Strength Too High Than Too Low, Such Is Human Nature.

Of All The Passions That Inspire A Man In A Battle, None, We Have To Admit, Is So Powerful And So Constant As The Longing For Honor And Reknown.